7Press <Tab> to move the cursor to the CacheCade Virtual Disk Name field. Enter a name if required.
8After you specify the virtual disk name, select OK to save the selection or select Cancel to cancel the selection.
After the CacheCade virtual disk is created successfully, it is listed in the Virtual Disk Management screen under the CacheCade disk group, and is labeled as a CacheCade virtual disk. The virtual disk has an optimal state and its RAID level is RAID 0.
NOTE: You can only delete or rename a CacheCade virtual disk. Background Initialization, fast initialization, full initialization, and consistency check operations are not applicable to CacheCade virtual disks.
Delete CacheCade Virtual Disk
To delete CacheCade virtual disks, perform the following steps in the BIOS Configuration Utility:
1Press <Ctrl><N> to access the Virtual Disk Management screen.
2Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the CacheCade Disk Group or Virtual Disks heading.
3Press <F2>.
The Action menu is displayed.
4Select Delete VD and press <Enter>.
NOTE: Warning messages are displayed stating the effect of deleting a virtual disk. Click OK to complete the virtual disk deletion.
NOTE: In operating system management applications, a CacheCade virtual disk deletion or removal can be done without interrupting any I/Os. The controller stops caching via the secondary cache, but all outstanding I/Os are completed.
Reconfiguring CacheCade Virtual Disks
In operating system management applications, the resizing of CacheCade virtual disks occurs without stopping any existing I/Os. Creating a new CacheCade virtual disk or adding one or more SSDs to an existing CacheCade virtual disk increases the total cache size. The new resources are immediately used after the addition.
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